It may take a year or it might even take two but Jay Z always responds to his detractors sooner or later. And in the new song with Kanye West, he doesn’t disappoint us at all. Let’s deciphered the God M.C. lyrics after the jump…
“F**k is wrong with these dudes?
Try to walk around in these shoes
See the sh*t I saw growing up
Then maybe you could take a peek at these, boo
N***as fantasize about the sh*t that I do daily
Like, these rappers rap about
All the sh*t that I do – really!
I’m like really half a billi n***a
Really, you got baby money
Keep it real with n***as
N***as ain’t got my lady’s money!
Watch The Throne don’t step on our robe…….”
In a shocking turn of events, Jay-Z has used the microphone to proclaim his financial superiority over the rest of his hip-hop peers. The assertion comes in a new song with Kanye West entitled “H.A.M.,” which stands for “Hard As a (Mofo)” and is the first single from the duo’s upcoming collaboration album, Watch the Throne.
On the track, released on Kanye’s Facebook page early Tuesday morning, Jay-Z complains that his competitors merely fantasize about what he does on a daily basis — including, but not limited to, schmoozing with Warren Buffet and Steve Forbes. He also cites this writer’s $450 million valuation of his personal net worth, rounding up slightly to “half a billie,” before taking a shot at a fellow Hip-Hop Cash King or two: “Really, you got baby money.”
The line is a double entendre meant both as a general reference to the small amount of money that other rappers have in comparison to Jay-Z, and as a specific reference to the wealth of rapper Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter, also known as “Weezy Baby,” and fellow New Orleans rapper and record executive Brian “Birdman” Williams, also known as “Baby.”
The latter recently claimed the former had more money than Jay-Z, which is, well, simply not true. Jay-Z earned $63 million dollars last year, tops on our list of hip-hop’s top earners, while Lil Wayne banked $20 million. Birdman did not make the list.
Perhaps the best line on Jay-Z’s new track is a verifiable and, one might say progressive, boast: “(You) ain’t got my lady’s money!”
Indeed, Beyoncé took in a whopping $87 million by our last annual count, more than any rapper — and more than Jay-Z and Lil Wayne combined.
Take a listen again:
Either way we are all getting money – invest in the people and spread that money into some start ups and get more duckets.
“To all my brothers it ain’t too late to come together
Cause too much black and too much love, equal forever” – J Z
“‘Til then, fuck that, the world’s ours” – Kanye West